A61F2250/0019

INTRAOCULAR LENSES WITH SHAPE-CHANGING OPTICS
20220015894 · 2022-01-20 ·

An intraocular lens (IOL) with a shape-changing optic is provided. The IOL includes an anterior face and/or a posterior face that is fabricated from a poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomer having a durometer between about 30 Shore A to about 50 Shore A. A chamber is located between the anterior face and the posterior face and includes a silicone oil including diphenyl siloxane and dimethyl siloxane units. The silicone oil has a maximum viscosity of about 700 mm.sup.2/s at 25° C. and has a mean molecular weight of less than about 3,000 Daltons. An IOL is also provided that includes an anterior face and/or posterior face that is fabricated from a polysiloxane that is at least 99% poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomer.

Controlled endoprosthesis balloon expansion

A medical assembly includes a balloon expandable endoprosthesis comprising a plurality of ringed stent elements flexibly connected to each other via at least one flexible connector, the endoprosthesis being deployable from an undeployed state with an undeployed diameter to a deployed state with a deployed diameter. The medical assembly further includes a catheter assembly comprising a balloon, and a cover along the balloon. The endoprosthesis is coaxially located about the balloon and the cover. One or more portions of the balloon and the cover reach an intermediate diameter between the undeployed diameter and the deployed diameter in which the portions of the balloon and the cover are inflated by increasing an inflation pressure within the balloon and approximately maintained at about the intermediate diameter until the inflation pressure increases by at least 1 atmosphere to overcome a yield strength of the cover.

FLEXIBLE ENDOLUMINAL DEVICE
20230293323 · 2023-09-21 ·

The present disclosure describes endoluminal devices, such as stents and stent grafts capable of being bent smoothly, with various benefits resulting therefrom.

Breast Implant
20220395366 · 2022-12-15 ·

Implementations of a breast implant may include a shell including a posterior cephalic portion, a posterior caudal portion, an anterior cephalic portion, and an anterior caudal portion. Implementations of the breast implant may also include an anchor coupled within the shell and coupled directly and fixedly to the posterior caudal portion and the anterior caudal portion. The anchor may prevent rotation of the breast implant. The outer surface of the shell may be non-textured.

INFLATABLE PENILE PROSTHESIS HAVING A CYLINDER WITH A CORE MEMBER

According to an aspect, an implant includes an inflatable member and a pump assembly. The pump assembly is configured to facilitate a transfer of a fluid to the inflatable member to place the inflatable member in an inflated configuration. The inflatable member has a sidewall that defines a lumen and a core member disposed within the lumen. The core member has a surface and defines a plurality of closed cells. The fluid is configured to be disposed adjacent the surface of the core member when the inflatable member is in the inflated configuration.

INFLATABLE MEMBER WITH CORE MEMBERS

According to an aspect, an inflatable implant includes a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid; an inflatable member; and a pump assembly configured to transfer fluid from the fluid reservoir to the inflatable member, the inflatable member including a body member and a core member, the body member defining a first cavity and a second cavity, the core member being disposed within the first cavity, the second cavity being configured to receive the fluid.

Intraocular lenses with shape-changing optics
11357618 · 2022-06-14 · ·

An intraocular lens (IOL) with a shape-changing optic is provided. The IOL includes an anterior face and/or a posterior face that is fabricated from a poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomer having a durometer between about 30 Shore A to about 50 Shore A. A chamber is located between the anterior face and the posterior face and includes a silicone oil including diphenyl siloxane and dimethyl siloxane units. The silicone oil has a maximum viscosity of about 700 mm.sup.2/s at 25° C. and has a mean molecular weight of less than about 3,000 Daltons. An IOL is also provided that includes an anterior face and/or posterior face that is fabricated from a polysiloxane that is at least 99% poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomer.

Intraocular lens including silicone oil
11337795 · 2022-05-24 · ·

An intraocular lens (IOL) having an optical axis extending in an anterior-posterior direction and an equator extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the optical axis is described. The IOL includes: an elastic anterior face located anterior to the equator; a posterior face located posterior to the equator, wherein the anterior face, the posterior face, or both comprises a poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomer having a durometer between about 20 Shore A to about 50 Shore A; and a chamber located between the anterior face and the posterior face comprising a silicone oil comprising polysiloxanes comprising diphenyl siloxane and dimethyl siloxane units, the silicone oil having a maximum viscosity of about 800 cSt at 25° C.

BILIARY STENTS AND METHODS
20220104933 · 2022-04-07 ·

A tissue lumen stent is provided with a body having an elongated tubular configuration and a foreshortened configuration. In the foreshortened configuration, downstream and upstream ends of the body expand radially into downstream and upstream flange structures, leaving a generally cylindrical saddle region therebetween. In some embodiments, the flange structures are non-symmetrical with respect to one another. Systems and methods of using the stents are also disclosed.

Ureteral stent for placement in a kidney and bladder

Provided is a ureteral stent including a bladder portion positioned in a bladder of a patient, a kidney portion positioned in a kidney and ureteral passageway of the patient, and one or more tethers coupling the bladder portion to the kidney portion. The ureteral stent allows urine to pass around a blockage, and allows a ureter orifice connecting the ureteral passageway to the bladder to move between a compressed state and an uncompressed state to prevent or minimize urinary reflux, flank pain, blood in the urine, etc., while allowing the bladder portion to move freely in the bladder to prevent the bladder portion from irritating the trigone muscle.